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Entrepreneurs and #RubyRiot In Boston

Feld Thoughts

Boston has always been a great entrepreneurial community. Sure – it’s had it’s ups and downs, but when I lived here from 1983 to 1995 the entrepreneurial vector was awesome. When I say “Boston&# , I actually mean “Boston/Cambridge&# where the center of mass is really near MIT in Cambridge.

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Startup Communities: Creating A Great Entrepreneurial Ecosystem In Your City

Feld Thoughts

For now, the title is “ Startup Communities: Creating A Great Entrepreneurial Ecosystem In Your City.” Pre Internet Bubble (1995 – 2000). TechStars Impact on Boston. I’m deep into writing my latest book. Following is the current table of contents. The table of contents, as of today, follows.

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Looking Forward to 2025

Feld Thoughts

If we fund an early stage startup company today and it’s hugely successful, it’ll be coming into its own in 2025. I was in Boston at the end of May and had three separate experiences in one day. The second was Techstars Boston Demo Day, showcasing 14 brand new companies. Ponder that for a moment.

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Moving To Homer, Alaska

Feld Thoughts

But we came very close to moving to Homer in 1995. We were living in Boston at the time. At some point Amy and I realized we could live anywhere and we knew that Boston wasn’t home. We moved to Boulder in November 1995 and never looked back – it’s been amazing.

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Startups at 351 Massachusetts Avenue in Cambridge, MA

Feld Thoughts

Scott Kirsner had a fun article in Boston.com today titled The Red Line Tour of Innovation in Boston. One fall, after Feld Technologies had moved to Boston, we hired a recent graduate from Brown named Jonathan Lutes. Tags: Entrepreneurship adp boston cambridge. While interviewing him I asked what he had done over the summer.

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Book: The Greatest Business Decisions of All Time

Feld Thoughts

A little known fact about us is that he was the only person I knew in Boulder when Amy and I moved here in 1995 (he moved to the east coast within the next year.) I’m participating in a reunion in October in Boston – I’m very much looking forward to it. I’ve known Verne since 1990.

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Pioneering Women in Venture Capital: Kathryn Gould

Steve Blank

When I was where you are, 36 years ago (can ya believe it) I didn’t have a plan—but I did have an aspiration: I wanted to go to Silicon Valley and I wanted to work in startups. But they weren’t really in Silicon Valley at the time—they were in Boston, Minneapolis, New York. Eventually I left Oracle, wanting to do another startup.